Sunday, January 17, 2016

Journalist Earl
Caldwell, who has covered -- and been at the center of -- historic
events over the last half century is the guest speaker at the 2016
Frontiers International MLK Breakfast slated for Monday, January 18,
2016.

Caldwell, known to many Plainfielders for his WBAI program "The Caldwell
Chronicle," covered events from the 1960s urban riots (for the New York
Times), the police riot in Chicago at the 1968 Democratic Convention,
the trial of civil rights activist Angela Davis and the 1984 presidential campaign of Jesse Jackson.

He covered the Black Panther Party from the inside and made history when
the Supreme Court took up a case in which the FBI tried to pressure him
to become an informant on the Black Panthers.

Caldwell is currently the Scripps-Howard endowed professor journalism at
Hampton University and directs the History Project at the Robert C.
Maynard Institute for Journalism Education.

This year marks the 40th Anniversary of the Plainfield Chapter of
Frontiers International's MLK Breakfast event. The program gets under
way with breakfast in the Plainfield High School cafeteria at 8:30 AM.

Tickets are $15 per person, $10 for students/seniors, and are available
from John Brinkly at (908) 868-8704. This event is always a sellout --
make your reservations now!

Plainfield High School is at 950 Park Avenue. The breakfast is in the
cafeteria, which can be entered from the Kenyon Avenue parking lot.
Parking is also available in the Stelle Avenue lot. PHS is an accessible
facility.

Plainfield resident since 1983. Retired as the city's Public Information Officer in 2006; prior to that Community Programs Coordinator for the Plainfield Public Library. Founding member and past president of: Faith, Bricks & Mortar; Residents Supporting Victorian Plainfield; and PCO (the outreach nonprofit of Grace Episcopal Church). Supporter of the Library, Symphony and Historic Society as well as other community groups, and active in Democratic politics.